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Episode title: Wake Up Classy 97 with Josh and Chantel - Thursday, November 5th, 2026
Episode summary introduction:
A bread company in Washington state just donated its 1,000th loaf to a local food bank, Katie and Cara from Comfort Home Care and Visiting Angels join the show to chat about Operation Christmas Cheer, what to call a piece of sushi, Chantel practices her ASL with a deaf fundraiser for hearing dogs, Chantel reconnects with the midwife team who delivered our daughter 17 years ago, Josh’s new office and fly-tying setup, the house item we couldn’t live without, a very unusual trip across the parking lot with a goodie bag of blood, a sweet tooth version of Would You Rather, and more!
Timestamps:
(0:00) - Bonus: Scones & donuts
(4:02) - Good News
(5:43) - Messed up morning routine
(10:52) - Sushi nub
(16:04) - Operation Christmas Cheer
(22:08) - Sign language practice
(27:46) - Josh's bare walls
(36:35) - Midwife reunion
(40:43) - Garlic & onions
(46:20) - Can't live without this
(51:22) - Would You Rather
(53:59) - Goody bag of blood
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Full show transcript:
So I just found out today is National Donut Day, and I didn't know that until just now at the end of the show. But earlier today, I ate a donut.
You did.
I did, because we had Katie and Cara in here in the show. You'll hear our interview with them and the great thing that they have going on to help veteran veterans this holiday. So you'll, you know, you'll hear more about that in the show. But they brought a box of donuts to share with the office, and I ate one.
And then I was like, oh, what do we want to talk about to open up the podcast? And I went, hey, have a donut. I did. I did not have a donut, and I admire my willpower.
Oh. Self-admiration.
Yep.
I admire what I've done. Self-admiration.
Because
I've been trying to eat better. And I ate my egg.
And uh, I
had I had my egg. It was good.
I said no to that donut. I walked past it twice and have said no twice. So.
Here's the deal. Self-admiration shares traits with some other concepts, including vanity and egotism. Come on now.
Excuse me.
What are you saying? I'm saying it also falls under the same category as pride and arrogance and self-satisfaction and complacency. So maybe don't self-admire. I admire myself. I'm just saying it has a negative connotation.
I'm just saying.
What you should say, I'm proud of myself.
I did say that. You're the one that said self-admiration.
I didn't say you said I admire myself.
I did say that.
I know. That's why I'm calling you out.
Fine. I'm proud of myself.
You should be. You should be. You should be proud of yourself.
Yeah, I'm proud of myself.
No, you shouldn't be prideful.
That's different. Being Than
being proud of yourself. I'm proud of myself for saying no to that donut. That's what I'm saying. But twice. Twice? Why twice?
Because I mean.
You were gonna say three times.
Well, I did say no to it three times.
Do you want to say no to it one more time?
Nope.
There's an apple fritter in there.
I know it. I've seen that apple three.
You can even warm it up. There's a microwave.
I don't actually think I like a warm donut.
No, wait, what's wrong with you? What? I wish my donut had been warmed up.
There was a microwave.
I've ate it cold.
I like it. I like it cold. Not like hard cold, but not like freezer cold.
Dude,
a fresh warm donut right off the uh
right out of the fryer thing, still warm. Oh, come on.
And I like a warm skull.
I like... Oh, do ya? I like a warm skone. I like broccoli sprouts. I like... Pretty nerdy.
Yeah, well, I never said I was not nerdy.
Now, what do you like about a scone? When you say scone, are you talking like tiger ear or are you talking like like the scones I made in the air fryer?
Uh
which one me like none of those.
Like a stone.
Oh, like a little pouch, like a little scone pouch.
Yeah, like a scone bigger than a scone nugget. Like a scone nugget.
But bigger. But like a little like a like a beignet style.
Kinda.
Oh, I like it.
Like a toasted scone.
And I like a beignet. Like a toasted sugar donut. What were you gonna say?
Toaster strudel, but a scone.
I like toaster strudel. That is uh good for you. Good for you. Would you like to start the show?
Yeah.
I would like that. Here's today's show. I thought I'd get us started this morning with uh with a little bit of good news. There's uh bread company in Washington State. Uh Linnae and Graham Sorkin. They founded Kimano Island Sourdough Company in Washington, and they started the company uh vowing to make weekly donations to the community food bank. And since then, they have baked and donated at least 15 loaves of bread each week, all baked specifically for the food bank the night before they're delivered. So brand new fresh, delicious bread uh being dropped off. All of that giving is added up as they celebrate their one year anniversary of being a bakery. They dropped off their 1,000th loaf, uh, which is pretty cool. They estimate they've donated about 2,000 pounds of bread in those 1,000 loaves. Uh the director of the food bank says that the bread flies off the and has given a big boost to hundreds of families in the community. And Lene gets a boost knowing that she's helping those in need.
She says I've had several people tell me that they get my bread at the food bank and they have thanked me personally, and that just feels amazing. I love that. I think that's very, very cool. And uh congratulations to the Kimano Island Sourdough Company on their 1,000th loaf donated. That's pretty cool.
Yum.
Yeah.
All love bread.
Fresh, delicious homemade baked bread. You know. Right out of the oven.
Well done.
Warm.
Helping other people feels good, isn't it?
Apparently. Yeah, absolutely. And it's also some good news.
Do you want to say the story or do you want me to?
I don't know what to say. You don't agree with what I've said.
I just don't remember saying it when I did. Okay. The thing of the matter
is
my routine got messed up this morning. I have a routine.
Right. You get out of bed, you go to the bathroom,
you wash my face, you brush your teeth, then you come back in the bedroom, and then you get ready, and then we leave, and it's a whole and I let the dog out my lunch.
Right.
I open the curtains.
Yeah.
I do a routine. That's
right. is a routine. And if I step in, like let's say I let the dog out. Then you're like, oh no.
Everything's messed up.
I didn't know.
You ruined it. I did nothing. I got out of bed before you. I think that may be the
Is that it?
Well, here's the thing. We woke up a little bit later than we needed to, but I was getting such good sleep.
Right.
Oh man, I was so bummed that I woke up. Yeah.
Because I was like, that was such good sleep. So I got up.
And then you rolled over. I was like, I gotta get up. And then you rolled over and started cuddling.
Yeah, don't do that.
That don't do that.
Cause I'll never want to get out of bed. You snuggled up. You're it's all cold outside.
Yeah.
I know. I get it. So uh that sort of happened. But I got out of bed, came back, got in bed. I was like, I'm not doing this right now.
It's too cold out here. And then uh, and then you got up. So I was like, all right, fine. I get up, I get dressed. You came back in the room, and then you uh you said you ruined my whole routine.
And I went, I did nothing. But then just a minute ago, you were like, oh, I forgot this and this. And I and then you said you ruined my routine. And I went, you already said that, like I while I was standing there, but you don't remember saying that.
Not no. I don't. I don't. I think I remember saying that I forgot to brush my teeth while I was at home, but I don't remember saying that you ruined my
routine. And
I don't remember saying it in the bedroom when you think I did.
That's exactly when it happened. Because I was standing right by the dresser.
So stupid too, is that I still, even when I was like, I forgot to brush my teeth, then I went to do something else and also forgot to brush my teeth
again.
And then I went outside to go to work and I had to scrape, and I scraped
Emery's car.
I still had time to go inside and brush my
teeth, but I just kept forgetting. My
brain is broken today.
It's still asleep, I think.
It was it was in the good sleep for too long. And now it's like I don't you're your body's like, I'm awake, but your brain's like, mm-mm. No, we're still in the good sleep.
Yeah.
Now, I do have an emergency bag of
stuff because I ended up
stranded in Utah once.
Right. And I had to go buy deodorant and toothpaste and all of that stuff.
And so I have a bag with all of that stuff in it that I should leave in my car.
Yeah, it's where
it should be. Don't. And I don't know why it's not in my
car. Because
I was just here thinking, oh, I have that emergency bag. No, it's at home in my channel.
Run down to the gas station. You're gonna have to get gas station toothpaste.
No, I'm just gonna go.
I'm gonna No, don't do that.
Yeah.
Do not do that.
Everyone talks to me today.
No. Get a mint at least.
No. Never. I'm just gonna keep it all.
You're gonna swing back by the house?
No, I'm gonna keep it nasty.
Don't no gross. I ate that. I do not approve. That is no. No. Do do something else. It's not that. Not a fan.
It's not about you, Josh. You ruined my whole routine.
I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing. Apparently, I got in the way. I didn't open the curtains. I didn't let the dog out. I I literally disappeared for a minute. Like I was out of your way. I have nothing to do with your routine.
I'll tell you what else I have to do.
So I well, I've been trying to eat better. And so I weigh and I weigh every day, and I know you're not supposed to weigh every day.
Whatever.
I do. And our dog hates our scale, is terrified of our scale. Right.
So when I have to step on the scale, I have to do it in an order that she doesn't go crazy because she'll go crazy and be like, she'll run down the hall and be like. so I So I have to flush the toilet. So it like mutes out the
sound of me stepping on the scale. Yeah. And then I have to step on the scale so quietly. That's hilarious.
No, it isn't. My whole life revolves around that dog and not in a good way. Stupid. Anyway, come talk to me.
No, gross.
What? We were talking last night about you're kind of new to sushi.
I'm exploring sushi. I've had it.
Right.
I just and I'd had it before recently. I just didn't really care for it. And then we were traveling and there was some sushi, and I thought, you know, it looks good. It looks interesting.
Um, and I'd like to try it. Uh so we got a couple of things that were sort of maybe introductory to the sushi world. One of them tasted more like a dessert most of the time.
The mango one.
No, the other one.
The
one crystal shape or whatever. Yeah. Yeah.
That was good. But it tasted like it reminded me of a fried Snickers at the fair. Weird.
I know. Just the the whatever was on the outside. It just had that same kind of vibe.
Weird.
It was good.
So we were talking because there's been a couple of times we have friends who love sushi, and they're like, Do you want to go get sushi tonight? And I go, No, Josh doesn't like sushi. I'm happy to go, but no, Josh doesn't like sushi. So we were talking about going to get some sushi with like we now we're driving around
town and we see all these sushi places. I'm like, oh, we should go there and try a sushi. We should go there and try to all these all these restaurants we haven't eaten at, yeah.
And then we we're talking about the oh, you can eat sushi place.
Yeah.
And I go, I don't even know if I could eat that much sushi. It seems like a lot of sushi. And then you said, how many sushi nubs do you think you could eat?
That's right.
And I said, What's a sushi nub?
Like each little thing, each little uh cylinder is a nub of sushi.
I said, I don't think that's what it's called.
What do you think it's called?
I can't remember.
We looked at that. Slice. And I don't like slice.
A sushi slice.
A slice of sushi doesn't sound right. Like you have a slice of bread, you have a slice of uh meat, you can have uh a slice of pie, but I don't think you have a slice of sushi.
I don't think nub sounds good either.
A sushi nub?
Give me a nub of that sushi.
Yeah, I want to try a nub of that. Did you put wasabi on your nub? Like those are real normal things to say.
What did you Google when we Googled?
I was driving.
Oh, okay.
So I didn't Google anything.
I didn't Google it either, so I don't even know what
to But then from the back seat, our son says, What do you think a slice of a cylinder is called? And I went, Oh, now that's interesting. And then he looked it up, and a slice of a cylinder is called a disc. Oh,
yeah, yeah.
And that felt appropriate.
A disc of sushi. A disc. Yeah. Yeah.
A sushi disc. I
like that. That's
you know like nub? A disc sounds better, but I still don't like a disc. What is each individual piece called? Okay.
A piece of sushi. That's what you gotta Google.
What are I'll just sit here and wait for you. What is each individual piece of sushi called? Okay.
I know what to Google now. Okay.
Yeah, that.
It's a nub.
Say nub. No.
It says it depends on the specific type of sushi, right?
No.
Yeah.
Why would it depend on the different types of sushi? Shouldn't it just be a nub of dragon roll? A nub of crunchy roll.
No. It says, yeah, cylind cylinders, slices.
Right.
Discs. Not a nub.
No nubs, huh?
No, no nubs.
Well, I'm going to keep calling it a nub.
No, that's exactly what we're going to call it in our in our world from now on. Anytime we go for sushi now, it's just going to be a nub.
Because here's here's what a nub is. This is why this is the perfect definition.
You know the definition of a nub,
a small lump or short piece of something or the central core of an idea.
Oh
it's a nub.
It is a knife.
It's a sushi nub.
If you go by that def definition.
By the definition of nub.
Yeah, but it does not sound great to be like I'm gonna go with it.
It sounds better than lump. I don't want a sushi lump. I want a sushi nub. Nub is the right word.
Yeah, nub is the right word. It just doesn't sound very appetizing. Can I have some of that nub?
A small lump or protuberance. That's a fun
word.
Protuberance.
Protuberance. Yes. No.
A tiny raised bump knob or stub. A protuberance of sushi. It's
not
that sounds very fancy.
It's not that.
I would like a protuberance of your sushi, please. I would like to tie to try a protuberance.
Just give me a give me some of that nub.
It's nub. So our uh social media and our emails are filling up with people going, when is Christmas? When's Christmas? When it's soon enough is is the answer I like to say. So it'll be here soon enough.
But it's never too early, I guess, to talk about how you can get involved in something uh that is a very good feel-good, a very big feel-good, and make a big difference this uh this holiday season. We've got a couple of guests in the studio with us. We've got Katie and Cara from Comfort Home Care and Visiting Angels. Good morning, ladies. Good morning.
We need to know a little bit more about Operation Christmas Cheer because this is something that you guys have uh kind of collaborated together with. I want to kind of hear how this kind of started. How did you guys come up with this idea? How did you get together? Because for for what it's worth, you're competing businesses.
We are.
We actually are competing
because
we are. And you're here in the same room and you're you look friendly.
We love each other. We
really do. We're the
great friends. We are great friends.
So tell me, how did you come up with Operation Christmas Cheer and what exactly is it?
So last year, um, we took some gifts to our veterans that we were doing services for in their home. And we had multiple that teared up. Said things like, I haven't had a Christmas present in 10 years.
Like, thank you for thinking of me.
Oh.
So once that was said and done, Kara and I got talking and realized that there's probably a huge need for people to not just receive a Christmas present, but there's probably needs they have, right? Yeah,
yeah. A lift chair, um,
gas, groceries,
whatever that may be. And we were like,
we have to do more.
And we can do more together.
So we joined forces and started Operation Christmas Cheer.
Yeah. So now this is an opportunity for people to uh to nominate uh veterans that they know uh that could use a little extra Christmas cheer. So this could be needs or this could be wants. It could be gift stuff, it could
be
all kinds of things. What kinds of things are you uh are you seeing or have you seen, I guess, that that would be a good example for people, oh I know exactly who needs that stuff.
Well, we have received several referrals already, and the needs vary greatly. So one of them is just because a lady's grandfather is a little lonely and
wants to could use a little extra visit and some extra cheer, you know, during the holiday season. We've had requests for lift recliners.
A lot of our veterans are older and have difficulty getting in
it up and down off the couch
or recliners, so lift
chairs, um, car maintenance, oil changes, so a gift card to get an oil change or tires rotated or breaks or things like that.
As we know, fuel and groceries are astronomical right now. A majority of our veterans are on a very limited income, so gift cards to different places locally would be a huge gift for them.
Yeah, that's awesome. And now this is a nomination process. So people can go to the Classy 97 app, you can click on the Operation Christmas cheer link, and you can fill out the form there to nominate uh a veteran that you think needs some some attention this uh this season. And what are you doing with those nominations?
So we're filling them.
Yes, exactly.
All of them. All of them. We're not gonna say no to anybody if we if we can do it and we think we can.
Yeah.
Um we've already had some awesome businesses reach out and say I want to help.
Oh, it's amazing.
So we have some support, but regardless,
whether it's just something small, like you need somebody to stop by and bring you some cookies and a snugly blanket.
Yes.
Have a good conversation, or you need new flooring. Yeah.
Yes. We
want all of all of the all of them.
That's every veteran that gets nominated will be acknowledged.
Oh. That's
so great.
You guys are amazing.
And the nominations are being accepted uh now through the 15th of December. So there's time for people to get involved uh with Operation Christmas Cheer, um, both with Comfort Home Care and with Visiting Angels. Um, this is amazing, guys. I don't I mean, what a great idea. And then to collaborate so strongly to make something just so monumental happen for our community is huge. Well done.
Well, it's really not about us.
It's about them, right? Like totally understand, yes.
We just want every veteran to know how grateful we are and that we see them and the community sees them and that they are loved and appreciated.
Yeah.
If somebody wants to help and not just nominate a veteran, how does one help?
Uh, there's a lot of different ways you can help. One, you could go on our social media pages, um, visiting Angels Eastern Idaho or Comfort Home Care and share um about Operation Christmas cheer.
We would love that. Um, monetary donations. Um, we have a Venmo. They can also go to Idaho Essential Credit Union and donate to our nonprofit, which is senior advocates of Idaho. 100% of the donations go to the veteran. Oh, okay.
Every bit of it. Um, if you're a business and you would like to contribute and donate, we would love to hear from you. If you're a business that would like a donation box and a flyer in your office, we would love to bring one over to you.
Or you can just call us.
Absolutely.
Google either one of us and call us and we will tell you what we need and how you can
help.
Yes, we will. It's so great. Well, awesome. Well, is there anything else you want to share about it before we uh kind of close out our our chat with you?
We just love what we do.
Yeah.
And we love working together and we have the most amazing community. And we're so appreciative for everybody that is helping us with this.
That's amazing. If you want more details, Operation Christmas Cheer, you can tap the link in the Classy 97 app. That's where you'll find the nomination form so you can get involved and you can let us know about somebody who you know who maybe needs a little bit of Christmas cheer this holiday season as we kind of get into it. Like it's early November.
We haven't but we're in it. We haven't even cooked the turkey yet. It hasn't even thawed yet. But you know, let's let's do it. Operation Christmas cheer. Thanks, ladies. So
much for coming
in and talking about it. Thank you very much.
Tap that link in the Classy 97 app and help out with Operation Christmas Cheer. Did you find us?
Yes.
Are we there?
Or here.
You got a very cool opportunity yesterday. We were walking around the store, and there was a gentleman who uh walked up, he had a clipboard and he was doing some fundraising, which typically is like uh what are you doing, man? Uh but he uh was uh deaf and he was working on um fundraising for some uh hearing dogs.
Yeah, uh, which I think is kind of a cool cause. And you, if you're a fan of the show, you know that Chantel has uh done a sign language class. She was doing flashcard practice for a long time, a lot of different stuff uh with your uh sign language, ASL stuff, and uh for a long time. But you didn't really get a lot of time to practice and actually use it person to person be outside of your class. Is that fair?
Yes. I would agree with that.
So when he walked up and hand me the handed me the thing, he was looking at me and he pointed at it and it said I'm deaf at the top. I went, Oh, Chantel, come here. And uh and you started talking to him, and it was super cool to uh to see.
Talking to him is a very
loose
thing to say.
You had a conversation.
I was very flustered. I'm sure I was doing everything incorrectly, but I did ask him what his name was, and
then I I said it was nice to meet him. Yeah.
And then his name is John.
Yep.
And then uh
You introduced yourself, you said your name.
Yeah, and then uh you you we were trying to find out because he was looking for donations, and I didn't have cash on me to make a donation. So you were asking him if he had Venmo and he said cash only.
And you said, I'm sorry, we don't have anything, uh, you know, for cash, uh, but you know, whatever. And he said, have a great rest of your day or great evening, and you said you too, and off we went. But you had that conversation in sign language, and that was so cool.
It was cool. It was it was actually cool to get some hands-on practice literally and figuratively.
Sure.
Um we have we have a friend who has deaf parents.
Right.
And she we went to dinner with her mother who
is deaf.
And it was I forgot everything I knew. I was very flustered when we went to dinner and she was like, let's talk. I'm I'm ready. Show me what you got.
I got nothing.
I got, could cat, flower, right.
Cookie, milk, like all the all the preschool ones.
I cannot put sentences together. Right.
Well, and when you were a preschool uh teacher for all all intents and purposes, you did have uh with the kids, you kind of had like a like a multilingual learning thing where it was English, Spanish, and ASL that you were teaching the kids, which was really super.
Yeah, that's what I I like to tell people. I know enough, I know enough sign language and enough Spanish to talk to toddlers.
That's that's perfect.
And that's it.
Right. It's perfect. Gato.
More milk.
Right. Exactly. Más leche? Like, yeah, no, I hear you. I get it.
But it was it was cool. I was flustered. I'm sure he was probably like, oh, lady, you need a lot of more practice.
But I I just was so I thought it was so cool that you were there because I know there have been times where we've been out and about and you've seen people and you've been like, I should go over and try, and I should try to have a conversation. And I I love that that presented itself, and it was like, it's it's a moment. It's a moment. Chant out. I was so excited for you. I was like, let's go. Put it to use.
Well, see, and I feel like there's there are people who know sign language or are learning sign language. And so he probably encountered that a lot during this time
when he was like trying to get like people to help him out, and he was probably like, oh yeah, I gotta have this same conversation again, where it's like, yeah, my name is John.
Right. What's your name?
And he's right, like, I I don't know. I would imagine and I would hope for the sake of humanity, this was not the case, but I would
imagine there were more people
that were frustrated or put off by being approached and by the challenge of communication.
Yeah.
Than there were people trying to communicate with him.
Right.
I hope that's not the case. But I could just see in my mind a bunch of people being like, no, no, thanks. You know, like you would with a door-to-door salesman or a telemarketer or something.
It kind of did renew the spark inside of me where
I'm like, well, now I need to get my flashcards out and practice again.
Because you never know when it might be of use.
No, I get literally in the middle of the store, and I was like, this is amazing. So anyway, good for you for being able to use it.
I thought it was cool.
Um, I would it was so cool to be a witness of, and I was I was proud of you. It was a cool moment.
Oh, thanks.
So it but it did feel natural. Like I don't feel like it was clunky.
To me, washing, I was like,
because he was he was doing hand speak, uh, you know, hand spell and stuff, and I was like, I I which I've known for a long time. My my grandfather was blind and deaf, and so we would uh we would hand uh sign to him as well, um, or hand spell, and he but he could like feel it, like you would do it in his hand, and based on the shape of your
hand, which is very it was very, very neat.
Um And anyway, so I think it's cool. I think it's really amazing. So good good job.
I wish I would have had cash around, but talk to
somebody in a different language, it's kind of fun. It was really cool. My office is a little more put together today. You got to take a little peek in there. What'd you think?
It looks cool. I'm kind of jealous.
What are you jealous of?
Well, I just want my own office.
For here?
Well, for anywhere. I don't have an office. And there was one time I had an office.
I had an office once. And you you never should have given that up. I don't know why you did that.
Well,
you didn't need to. I got a different job. But the job required an office.
I know it did.
And the new person who was taking your job should have filled the seat
you were leaving, and you you gave up that office. I um know that. I know, I know, I know.
It was a mistake.
I know.
It had a nice window and everything.
I was running errands with Emory yesterday, and you sent us a message, a text message of your office, and you go, it's really coming together. And then you said, I need some decorations in my office.
Yeah.
And Emory said, our 17-year-old daughter, oh, get me in there, bro.
What's she gonna do? I am I'm curious what she's gonna do. Lego flower bouquets.
Your office, your office gets kidnapped be decorated like a 17-year-old's bedroom.
A Of vanity with a bunch of uh makeup product on it. Um plethora of stuffed animals, blankets a plenty. Yep.
Yep.
Clothes all over the floor for some reason. Shoes all kicked over there and there and there and there.
I went in to say goodbye to her.
That's a tripping hazard.
I did almost trip.
It's crazy.
I tripped onto her bed because I was like, I can't even see, and there's stuff all over.
Shoes and clothes
everywhere.
I know, and then it'll be gone the next five minutes, and then five minutes later it's back.
Yeah, I don't know what goes on in that place. Well, she thinks that she's gonna decorate your office.
It's it's being decorated. It's okay.
Get me in there, bro.
She said you have nothing on your walls. I do have a couple of things now. I hung up a uh a cool uh print that I have, um, and I hung up a certificate that I uh uh received
six years ago.
And so I've got those hung up, but I have a desk in there, I have a computer up and running. Uh I even have one of those little mats under my chair.
Wow.
I hate the chair.
Why do you hate the chair?
It's not the chair I want.
Well, what is the chair you want?
I want that massage chair.
No, get over yourself. I'm not spending $300 for that. You know that after we talked about that, I got like three different messages
from people that were like, I got that chair on my chair. Becky, who is a listener of the show has the exact chair I want.
Well, it's the exact one. She's got a bigger budget than you. So hey Becky.
I need that chair.
Maybe make a swaparoo.
Yeah, I'll give you this terrible chair I've got straight across. You'll love it. It doesn't have heat, it doesn't have massage, it doesn't have the lumbar support. You're gonna love it. Yeah. Uh so I need that. Um, and then I do need some more uh wall decor.
Here's the thing. Historically, whenever I've had an office, it's been filled with like radio memorabilia type stuff. Like I had these four uh record frames that are on the wall right here. I had different records in them and they were hanging in there.
Um that clock was hanging in there when the studio kind of became my office space. I said, Well, I'm just gonna make this all work in here. So if I moved this stuff out of here, we'd have blank walls in here. Right.
So I'm just gonna leave this in here and do something different in there. But I'm like, well, this is this should
represent me more than just you know, my my passion for music or whatever, the bands that I like. So I'm kind of uh at a at a part where I'm like, how much fishing do I put in this room? Because I feel like I could put a lot of fishing in that room.
Exactly.
Oh, I could put pictures of uh me and uh you and the kids with fish. I could put pictures of fish that I'm holding. I could put pictures of me in a boat holding a fish. I mean, there's so many different fish things I could put in there.
There is a lot of fish things. Oh boy. I
got it could really go crazy with the fish. You know I could uh I could paint more on the wall like a fish mural. You can make it look like a fish in there.
You could,
but I don't really want to do that.
Good idea. You did bring, which I think is funny
because you it's funny with your priorities.
You brought in a little fish fly tying kit.
Yeah, I would like to be able to in my downtime.
Do your downtime.
Yeah, because here's what like here's what happens. There are certain uh tasks that I have to accomplish every week. And when I'm doing those tasks, I literally have to wait for a computer to process stuff.
And that sometimes takes 15 or 20 minutes or whatever. While I'm like my computer is being occupied. I could go wander around and do other stuff, but I'm just gonna sit here. So I'll usually do that and then I'll throw on like a YouTube video or whatever while I'm waiting.
And I went, I've got this time. Why don't I use that time to tie some flies? So I brought in a little fly tying kit and some supplies so I can tie up some flies while I'm doing that.
Instead
of wasting it watching a YouTube video about driftboats.
Well, your buddy John has a fly
tying in his job, and he's like, in my downtime I do this, and you go, I
want
to. I'm doing that. I'm doing that. And I've done it. It's here. I've moved it in. It's on the desk. I'm very excited. I can sit and I can tie some flies my downtime at work. And then I can go home and I can tie flies at home.
Wow.
I know. Isn't that wild?
So much fly tying. Wow.
We gotta have flies to fish.
Oh, I'm I'm aware.
I'm not I'm not gonna go to the fridge and buy flies, you know. Like I can't just go get night crawlers. Like uh it's not gonna work.
No, but you can go to the store and get flies.
That's right.
They're expensive. Oh, you don't think buying all the supplies to make your own is expensive.
No, you save so much money.
Let me tell you, if you if you want to save big bucks, start tying them yourself. You'll save so much money. Not that I have any.
That is one of fly fishing's biggest lies.
My hobbies are expensive too, but you'll go to the fly tying store and buy feathers and beads, and then $150 later, I'm like, you bought feathers and beads in a tiny bag. This is a small bag.
Hey. Settle down.
I'm settled.
How much is uh is a jelly roll these days? Run that past me real quick. I
said
how much you're paying for a spool of fabric that's cut into little strips and then tied with a cute ribbon. How much is that?
That's so cute that you know that it's called a jelly roll.
I know what it is. How much is it?
Hold on. Let's do another test. What are the sheets of fabric called? Like it's like a
the little
squares. Well, there's a couple of different squares. The little ones.
The little ones that have like a paper uh little thing holding them together. Mm-hmm. What's
that called?
I know this, and it's right on the like the tip of my brain.
A charm...
Oh, charm pack. That's the little that's the little that's the little stack
of no, that's a mini charm pack. And then you got to do it.
No, not the little squares, not the little like tiny squares, the two inch squares. I'm talking about like the charm pack's like a four by four.
Yeah, yeah.
But I'm talking about like the little square fabric just by itself that's just cut that's maybe like not even a yard.
Are you talking about a fat quarter?
Fat quarter. That's the word I was looking for. Fat quarter. And
then
anyway, how much is a jelly roll?
There's a layer cake.
Yeah, and that's just like 12 by 12s or 10 by 10s or whatever. I know this stuff.
You do, I'm impressed.
But run that past me. How much is a jelly roll?
My stuff is expensive too.
I just don't know how much they sell in those for it.
Depends on the store.
Okay. I don't
know average. I haven't bought it.
How much have you spent?
I haven't bought a
show me the receipt.
Josh. So here's something super duper cool that happened yesterday. Uh when I delivered our daughter, I used a midwife.
That's right.
And it was actually a midwife team. It was a team of three women.
That's right.
Who I loved.
And I remember Nicole Tracy and Julie, right?
Yes. Oh, look how good my memory is. Good job. Um I called them my best friends.
I remember.
They're
my best friends.
They were just like so supportive.
And they were a team of women that were like, we're gonna get through this. Like, well, you got this. You can do this without medication without drugs. You did a natural birth uh no epidural, nothing with with our daughter. Completely different than the experience you had with our
son, which was uh at the hospital traditional doctor thing, um, and uh epidural and all that stuff. So compl two very different experiences for the family. Yeah, very much for you especially. Um they that was in
Pocatello
and I'd recently found out that my the midwife, two of the midwife team have started their practice. I don't know how long the practice has been going
on, but I just recently found out about it.
And they're doing like menopausal support now.
Oh, look at you.
I how
excited
are you my best friends are back? Full circle, right?
Yeah, yeah, okay.
But our daughter is also uh seventeen. Right.
So I said, let's, you
know, let's go talk about some things. Right.
And
so
it's what a great uh starting point for her. No settle down. Tell me how was the the interaction? Because they were there when she was delivered, and now she's there 17, and you're like, hi, this is the baby you delivered 17 years ago.
years ago. It was very exciting.
So yeah, I walked in and they were both kind of there, and I go,
you guys,
You guys.
this is the baby that you delivered.
Seventeen years ago.
This young woman, you delivered this young woman.
And they were both like,
oh, nice to meet you again. That's
very sweet.
It was so sweet.
It was so sweet.
The coolest thing.
I couldn't even stop smiling. I was like, you guys
remember that we're best.
Remember sure. Did they? Did they remember? Were they like, oh yeah?
No.
That's right. Look at our photo albums of all the things we did together as friends. Did they say that? No.
No. Because it didn't happen. I know.
Like the big selfie at birth. Like that'd be that'd be hilarious.
It almost felt as though. I'll tell you what, it almost felt as though I'm not the only woman that they helped deliver
babies for
and so it almost felt as though they don't feel the same about me that I feel about them.
Maybe maybe that's true. I mean, maybe. Hard to say. How exciting though.
It was cool.
It was cool to just have it come full circle and be like, hey, remember this girl you delivered 17 years ago. Well, guess what? Yeah.
She is a young woman now. Yeah.
So help us with some stuff. Right.
And they were like, this is actually kind of cool. Here we go.
Yeah. That's really neat. And I like that uh, you know, I mean, it's the it's the people you're comfortable with. It's the the team that you were like. I like these guys. They're they they they're very knowledgeable, they're very supportive. Like this is the this is the team you want.
Right.
That's cool.
It was cool.
Yeah. Because I think a lot of people maybe don't know. Like, we watched a whole documentary about like childbirth and stuff as we were kind of like preparing for Emery. And that's when we were like, we gotta find out. Like, what's the midwife thing? Um, and loved it. Love that experience.
So
cool.
Didn't even give me a hug when I left, though.
It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's it's okay.
It's okay.
Oh. You're gonna be all right.
I'll be fine.
Are you sure?
Yeah, they just need a hug. They just don't love me the way that I love them.
I see.
But that's my relationship with most people.
You poor thing.
I kind of have a feeling that maybe garlic and onions makes my tummy upset.
It was one of the greatest things you said last night. You said, like that. You went, garlic and onions give me a belly ache. That's exactly how you give me give me a belly.
This is something I've known for a while, but because I love them so much.
Yeah, you gotta ease up.
I just like to eat them. But I made uh tomato soup last night, and it had whole like six whole cloves of garlic, a lot of onion. And it was all like mushed up.
Like we immersion blendered it, but
it's still, I just went, oh my Make my belly hurt.
Yeah, make my mailing.
Yeah, I don't like it.
I don't like when my belly hurts. My belly hurts.
What makes your belly hurt?
Oh, anxiety.
Yeah.
Yeah. That makes my mailing hurt. Thinking about stuff. Um I don't know.
Are there any foods in particular that make your tummy hurt?
I don't know.
Uh I mean, there are times I eat onions, and then you go, you gotta not eat onions.
Right. Especially raw onion. Especially.
Yeah.
Like if you do a red onion or a white onion on a burger, forget about it. Like, don't do that. Onion on a pizza gets you every time.
Uh it's so good.
I understand. I get it. But you, your sister, and your mom should never eat onions. And that tell that to your sister who puts two whole onions in every meal.
Like, why do I always feel sick in my belly? I don't know. Maybe it's the two onions you put in the mashed potatoes. It could be that. It could be that. I have I have a sneaking suspicion. It might be the onions.
Whoa.
Yeah.
You have a lot of emotion tied to onions at my sister's house.
She I love onions in meals. But the two whole onions in one meal, too much.
In one dish.
I know. But here's the other thing.
Okay. And
people in general are at fault for this more often than not. People will prepare food the way they like the food.
Yeah.
And then serve it to guests as like this is the best meal I've ever had. I love it. This is how I make it. And then they go, like, somebody goes, This has a lot of onion in it. And then they go, No, it doesn't.
And they go. It does. It does have a lot of onion. Like, this is the only way to make it. I make it with a lot of onion. Like, if you don't like it, don't eat it. And it's like, hey, hey, hey. It's okay. It's
okay.
If you were cooking for other people, maybe tone it down. If you're making it, you're gonna eat the whole pan by yourself. Make it the way you like it with 700 onions in it. That's all I'm trying to say. I like a little onion in it, but two whole onions? It's a lot.
That is a lot.
You know what I mean?
Yeah. I don't think it's a lot because I like onions, but then later I go, ooh.
yeah. And then everybody's sitting around going, like, why don't I feel very good? I'm like, I don't know, because you ate two whole onions today. Might be that.
No, but really, are there foods that make your tummy hurt?
Oh.
Yeah.
I mean, maybe.
There are.
What?
I'm trying to think.
Like, there's a lot of meals where
I go like those.
Well, tomatoes used to give me really bad heartburn.
Like, I take, I take a pill every day now because of the acid reflux from
acidic foods like tomatoes.
Yep.
I love tomatoes. Tomato soup last night, salsa the other day. Like tomatoes are great.
That tomato soup is so good.
BLTs. Awesome. You imagine a BLT without the tea? No way. Just a BL. No, thank you.
It should be.
What should it be?
A BBLT.
Yeah?
Bread, bacon, lettuce, tomato.
Bread's just uh already there.
That's what you put on. You gotta put mayo in it too. It's kind of a lie, the BLT.
Why?
Because it it's more than just bacon, lettuce, tomato.
Because of mayo. Yeah.
Mayo and bread.
Yeah.
So And
sometimes avocado. Yeah, I know.
Let's make it some BLTs this weekend. Doesn't that sound nice?
What I like is when people hide a turkey club as a BLT. Like it's a BLT with turkey. I went, no, that's a turkey club, isn't it? You've made a turkey club sandwich and you're hiding it as a BLT.
Who does that?
There's a restaurant in town that calls it uh a B uh turkey BLT or something like that.
And I go, This is just a turkey club sandwich. You think they're just trying to pull one past.
They are. They're like, it's a it's a BLT. You're gonna feel good and healthy because you're eating a BLT with turkey. You're like, that's a turkey club, dude. You you fed me a turkey club sandwich.
You liars.
You just didn't want to call it the turkey club anymore. You're like, it's a BLT with turkey. It's a turkey BLT. Look how cool we are.
Congratulations, restaurant. You did not fool Josh.
No, I caught you.
I was cooking dinner last night and I said, Hey Emery, aside from modern amenities, indoor plumbing, electricity. What's something about our house that you couldn't live without? And she said, hmm. I'd say you guys
because it's so sweet.
Because a house isn't a home without the family. Yeah. And I go, oh, that's really nice. I go, I was gonna say this would be the home speaker.
Yeah, you were really digging on the uh we've got the hub from Google in the kitchen, and you like to make that thing play music, or we ask it questions about like measurement conversions or you know, whatever.
Substitutions,
like I don't have buttermilk, what can I do? Right. Like that thing is come in clutch.
We use it for uh, yeah, uh timer.
Yeah, like you can set a billion timers on that thing, and so I always like you'll use the microwave to do a timer for the oven. You know how much that makes me crazy?
Why?
The oven has its own timer.
I know, but
then you tie up the microwave, and then you go, well, now I gotta use the microwave. So then you have to transfer the time from the microwave to the oven or to the smart speaker, just talk to the thing.
Hey, guess what? If it makes you so crazy, why don't you just cook every meal?
Hmm. What's that? What's that?
I got it, yeah. I got a way to solve your problem.
Yeah.
You just cook all the meals. Hmm?
I helped cook meal last night.
And the night before. I've cooked twice in a row. You're turning.
I helped
both meals. Yeah, I know you did,
but I did the part you didn't want to do. Made the meatballs because you didn't want to touch the meat. So I did that. So I did technically cook. Because I did the parts you hate. Emulsion blend, emulsion blender last night. Because you're like, I don't like that.
Immersion.
Yeah, that's the one.
Yeah. That's
why I did that.
Good job.
And you were like,
anyway, what's the thing? Is that really the thing in the house you feel like you couldn't live without now? Because if it wasn't there, you'd go, oh hey, Google, and it would you need no answer. I would be really sad.
I've really gotten accustomed to having that thing around. Yeah.
What would you you never said what you wouldn't live with that?
I've decided it's it's the uh newest addition to the kitchen.
Which is
the tea kettle.
Oh.
I really like the hot water on demand in just a few, you know, seconds.
Okay.
It's similar to my jet boil when I'm backpacking. Because there's a lot of hot water that you need. But the we I don't think we fully utilize that thing. Because you can make warm beverages. You can make coffee or tea, or you can make hot cocoa with it or whatever, but you can also use any time you need hot water, boiling hot water on demand, cup of noodles, mac and cheese cups, ramen. Pick a thing.
Oatmeal.
Anything, oatmeal.
I could live without that.
I'm just saying, like
that's first thing that would come to mind. not live without.
Yeah.
Emery said that after she was.
I wouldn't have hot boiling water. I'd have to build a fire if I didn't have that thing.
Emory said the dishwasher, which is a good pick. Dishwasher's a nice piece of equipment.
I'd rather have a washer and dryer than a dishwasher.
Um,
I'm not washing clothes by hand.
No, yeah. I've done that before.
Right.
When we had a newborn.
So dishwasher is secondary to washer and dryer.
Okay. I agree. I agree with that. Because I also hate going to the laundromat.
Air fryer's a big one on the list. We use that a lot. I like that thing. I mean, obviously, like I I mean, I I don't necessarily count like the refrigerator and the stove and stuff like that because I feel like that's part of the house.
I feel like
not every house has a bed, right? Like that's part of just having a house. But I feel like those things are like obvious.
Yeah.
So I'm trying to think beyond the obvious. And I'm thinking, like, what do I use in the kitchen? Like, obviously, knives, those are real important. And cutting boards, but again. Like, okay.
Yeah, I mean, that's true. It would be hard to live without a knife.
Yeah.
A nice cutting knife.
Right.
As opposed to a nice what knife. It'd be hard to live without a couch. Somewhere comfy to sit.
Yeah. The floor might be nice. A lot of people do that. There's a whole societies that just sit on the floor. No, I think.
They have a bunch of different pillows you can sit on, but you're just on the floor. Yeah, I'm still gonna stick with my speaker.
You're sticking with the uh the hub.
Yep.
The thing in the kitchen. You like that guy.
Oh, I do.
Okay.
That's what I'm picking.
Nice.
Nice to you.
Would you rather this or that?
Would you rather eat a cupcake with no frosting or a bowl of frosting with no cupcake?
This is going to be the easiest. Would you rather I've ever answered?
You're gonna say a cupcake.
With no frosting.
Yeah.
A hundred percent. You know what I call that? A muffin.
I think I'm gonna go with the same thing. It depends on the fr. frosting Depends on the frosting, though.
Cake muffin.
Because if it's like cream cheese frosting, doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter. I'm not eating a bowl of frosting.
Why? Well,
here's what happened to me as a kid. You want to know why I wore 12 husky pants. I'll tell you. Here's the reason I wore size 12 husky pants.
Okay.
And I and I uh it's not for real. It's just funny. But uh I used to like that Pillsbury frosting tub, the chocolate one a whole lot. And it's really easy to eat a pack of gram crackers dipped in that tub of frosting. Not that I did that after school a lot, but I did do it often enough that I can tell you you can eat a whole pack of gram crackers dipped in frosting. And then when the frosting's out, you go, mom, we're out of frosting. I need more frosting.
And also I need to move up a pant size to 12 husky. Because I really like it. You know. So I'm gonna say I'm gonna eat the cupcake without the frosting because I'm a little over frosting. See, I used to have a huge sweet tooth. I used to be a sweets guy. And then I got like 12 husky pants and went enough. Eat a broccoli. And I like broccoli. It's good.
You're a quitter then.
Yeah, the right kind. I'm the right kind of quitter.
And we all have that muffin now. The cupcake with no frosting.
That's a muffin.
Yeah, I'm gonna pick that too.
Why? I
just don't typically like frosting. If it's cream cheese frosting, maybe. But a bowl of frosting seems like an awful lot of
frosting.
So I'm gonna pick a cupcake
with no frosting. That's what I'm picking. Sounds good.
Okay.
Yum yum yum. Would you rather this or that? I was just gonna pull up my Instagram really quick because yesterday you posted a picture. Uh, and now I have to find you. Why can't I find you? You're you're normally right there in the top of my page.
It should be at the top of your page.
Normally are. But it's because, oh, did it expire?
No, it didn't.
It's still here. It's a it's about to, though. But um, you have this picture, and you have this expression on your face that's like, yeah, I guess this is a thing. That's what your face says to me.
Your face says, okay. Uh, and you have a bag, a biohazard bag in your hand, and you said, Oh, it's just my goodie bag of blood. What is what's going on?
Okay, I had a doctor appointment yesterday, and I had to give some blood.
Yes.
And the hematologist
phlebotomist? Phlebotomist. I think phlebotomist, yeah.
Sure. Yeah.
Yeah, anyway.
The blood drawer outer.
The person that was was doing the blood draw, yeah.
Well, I think I freaked her out a little bit anyway, because I do have like my veins are pretty easy to see.
Yeah.
And so and I often have to give blood.
But they're but they're nervous.
But they're wiggly. Yeah.
Yeah. They're like, no, I'm ticklish. And they run away.
And it's happened before, yeah,
where like uh the uh
phlebotomist thinks they've got the vein, and then it'll like
out of the you don't.
So I like to warn people because
it has been painful before when they're like digging around in there with the needle, and I've been bruised before. Sure.
And so I just warned her.
I said, Hey, I got these wiggly guys.
I got wiggly veins, and she went, oh no. And I went, I don't mean to scare you.
You're great at your job. And then I was like trying to encourage her.
And um, but she she tried to find a vein for uh for a really long time and she couldn't, and she said, Oh, what I'm gonna do is just send you a cross the street.
Yeah, okay.
Because I'm the only phlebotomist
here, and I I
don't feel comfortable doing this because I don't want to hurt you. So I'm gonna send you across the street where they've got a couple of different people.
Perfect. So you go across the street.
Yes,
you do the blood
draw there,
and then they hand you your bag of
blood and went have a good day. I thought maybe they were just gonna like send it across for me, but no, she grabbed a biohazard bag. She dumped all seven vials of blood in there,
and she was like, here you go. And I said to her, this is a nice goodie bag. Seven vials of blood's a lot of blood.
It's a lot of blood.
How much does each vial hold?
Couldn't tell you. I don't know. Even the even the phlebotomist who took it was like, this is a lot of blood. Yeah.
Seven vials is roughly 21 to 60 milliliters. That's kind of depends on the uh actual thing. But
how
much is a pint? 60. How many vials are in a pint?
Yeah.
How many?
Because I know you can donate, like when you go to donate blood, you can they take about a pint. I think.
Yeah. Uh standard U.S. blood uh blah, blah, blah. Pint of blood is 473
milliliters, which would be between 47 and 95 vials. Whoa. So it's actually seven's not that much. No, no.
Seven's not that much.
Holy.
Yeah, they're taking a between 50 and 85 or so.
When you break it down, it down into vials?
yeah.
That's seems
like so much. It looks like the bigger tubes are 10 milliliter tubes, and that's so it'd be about 47 10 millimeter tube, 10
milliliter tubes.
Um, if you were gonna do vials.
Okay.
It's a good thing they do it in one big bag, a pint bag. I do imagine if someone had to sit there and change out 10 tubes on you. I know. No way. Like, okay, wait for this one to fill. That one's good.
What I thought was funny was that she just gave me the bag, and so then I had to walk across the parking lot with my bag of blood.
Yeah.
I was like, you know it's vibes.
Let's be clear.
Right.
Are they glass?
Yeah.
Or are they plastic?
Couldn't tell you. I don't know.
I don't fall down.
I didn't open up the bag to no, I know. I just was carrying it across the road, and I was
like, Good bag of blood.
I gotta take a picture because this seems silly. Yeah.
And how's she she's gonna trust that I'm not gonna just run away with my blood. Now, was this across a parking lot? What are you gonna do? You had it in you the whole time. Oh, what do you mean run away with it? Now it's in a bottle. What? Was it across a street or was it just across a big rock?
a parking lot? Oh, okay. Yeah.
It would have been funnier if you had to wait for a crosswalk.
Just holding
up biohazard bag.
I kind of like that. That's fun.
Yeah, you gotta hold it up like a like a flag so cars don't hit you.
Steer clear.
Yeah, I got a blood coming through, coming through. How funny.
I made it safely across the road. I gave the doctor my blood, and he said, Thank you very much. Have a nice day. And I went, Thank you very much.
Yep. Ideals.
Let me know. The results.
All right. It's blood. We determined it's blood. Good job. You went over there to get blood. You brought blood back. We got blood. Good job. All right. Well, let's wrap up the show.
Have a good rest of your Thursday. Tomorrow is finally Friday.
Oh, I know. No, I know. It's exciting, right?
Very exciting.
So uh we'll be back tomorrow morning. Have a great rest of your Thursday. And we will catch you on the flippity.
Flippy flop.
See you later.
Bye.
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